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France

Tension in Chinatown following fatal shooting by Paris police

Hundreds of demonstrators have turned out for a second night in Paris’s main Chinatown district following the shooting dead by police of a Chinese father of five on Sunday (March…

Italy

Energy VS environment: Italians rally against TAP pipeline

Activists and police have clashed during a protest against the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline in the Puglia region of southern Italy.

China

Hong Kong: 'Umbrella Revolution' leaders charged over 2014 protests

Police in Hong Kong have released on bail nine leaders of the 2014 ‘Umbrella Revolution’ after charging them with public nuisance offences.

Russia

Russian protest symbols explained

Russian protesters took rubber ducks and sports shoes to demonstrations on Sunday

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Spain

Anti-militarism groups clash in Madrid over defence exhibition

Homsec is an exhibition held in Madrid for the defence and security sectors, attended by more than 15,000 visitors from 40 countries and 195 exhibitors.

French Guiana

General strike begins in French Guiana

A general strike in protest over high rates of crime and unemployment begins in French Guiana

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Arrests at Moscow anti-corruption demo

Thousands of people crowded into Moscow’s Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government.

Russia

Russian police detain hundreds during anti-corruption protests

Hundreds are arrested including Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny during protests calling for PM Medvedev to resign

Russia

Russian police detain anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny

Russian police have detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a rally in central Moscow, a Reuters witness reports.

Switzerland

Protests in Switzerland spark anger in Ankara

Turkey’s foreign ministry has reportedly summoned Switzerland’s deputy ambassador to Ankara following protests in Bern.

Italy

Rome divided by rival EU rallies as bloc leaders call for unity

Rome is divided by rival rallies as EU leaders call for unity in the bloc.

Belarus

Belarus protest turns violent as hundreds arrested

Police in Belarus arrest hundreds as clashes occur when a mass rally turns into a protest against an unpopular new tax.

United Kingdom

Anti-Brexiters march through Westminster

It comes just four days before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the start of the formal divorce process from the union it joined 44 years ago.

Italy

"More Europe, a better Europe"

Eu leaders have gathered in Rome to hail six decades of peace and prosperity and pledge to deepen a unity frayed by regional and global crises.

Italy

Strike by Italian air traffic controllers set to disrupt flights

A strike by air traffic controllers across Italy is set to disrupt travel plans today.

France

Paris:Thousands take part in anti-police brutality march

Thousands of protesters have marched through the streets of central Paris in a demonstration against police brutality.

Lebanon

Beirut tax protest turns angry

Thousands of people marched through Beirut to protest against a broad tax hike they say unfairly targets the less affluent sectors of the country's population.

Spain

Spanish taxi drivers strike against Uber and Cabify

Thousands of Spanish taxi drivers have gone on strike in Madrid and Barcelona to demonstrate against what they believe is unfair competition from shared ride businesses like Uber and…

Brazil

Clashes in Brazil as protest against pension reforms turn violent

Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Brazil to protest against pension reforms.

Egypt

Egyptian military to print high school exam papers to curb leakage

After last year's national high school examination leakage, Egypt's education ministry is proposing to use the military to strengthen efforts in preventing exam malpractices.